Re: root & toor
From: Garrett Wollman (wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu)
Date: 06/08/01
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Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 10:46:00 -0400 (EDT) From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg>
<<On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 09:03:57 +0300, Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> said:
> But yes, this is apparently a documented bug - rmail is not part of the boot
> process, there is no real need for it in 'emergency' situations when /usr
> is not mounted yet, so no, it should not really reside in /bin.
Unfortunately, as with /etc/rmt, it is part of a protocol the
client implementations of which we do not control.
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